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Joel M. Vance, an outdoor columnist and humor editor of FineTravel.com, spent twenty years as a conservation writer but is better known for his humorous books, such as Bobs, Brush, and Brittanies: A Long Love Affair with Quail Hunting. His amusing accounts of life in rural Missouri that have delighted many readers, even those who are not enamored by outdoor life.